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MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ:MLTX) Earns Buy Rating from Needham & Company LLC

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MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ:MLTX - Get Free Report)'s stock had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by investment analysts at Needham & Company LLC in a research report issued on Tuesday,Benzinga reports. They presently have a $66.00 target price on the stock. Needham & Company LLC's target price would indicate a potential upside of 75.44% from the company's current price.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on MoonLake Immunotherapeutics from $82.00 to $73.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 27th. HC Wainwright restated a "buy" rating and set a $100.00 price objective on shares of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada assumed coverage on shares of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics in a research note on Tuesday, March 18th. They issued an "outperform" rating and a $67.00 price objective on the stock. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $81.67.

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MoonLake Immunotherapeutics Price Performance

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics stock traded down $0.04 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $37.62. 351,510 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 356,351. The firm's fifty day moving average is $38.40 and its two-hundred day moving average is $44.71. The company has a market capitalization of $2.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -29.16 and a beta of 1.31. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics has a fifty-two week low of $31.42 and a fifty-two week high of $58.26.

MoonLake Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ:MLTX - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, May 12th. The company reported ($0.63) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.76) by $0.13. During the same period last year, the company earned ($0.22) earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts predict that MoonLake Immunotherapeutics will post -1.79 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On MoonLake Immunotherapeutics

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in MoonLake Immunotherapeutics by 28.1% during the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 6,341,391 shares of the company's stock worth $343,386,000 after buying an additional 1,391,167 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in shares of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics by 12.2% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 3,343,643 shares of the company's stock worth $181,059,000 after acquiring an additional 363,394 shares during the period. Paradigm Biocapital Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics by 90.3% during the 4th quarter. Paradigm Biocapital Advisors LP now owns 1,772,211 shares of the company's stock worth $95,965,000 after acquiring an additional 840,731 shares in the last quarter. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP grew its position in shares of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics by 9.4% during the 1st quarter. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP now owns 1,434,770 shares of the company's stock valued at $56,056,000 after acquiring an additional 123,151 shares during the period. Finally, Federated Hermes Inc. increased its stake in shares of MoonLake Immunotherapeutics by 13.2% in the 4th quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 1,280,052 shares of the company's stock valued at $69,315,000 after purchasing an additional 149,724 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.85% of the company's stock.

About MoonLake Immunotherapeutics

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MoonLake Immunotherapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing therapies. It develops Sonelokimab, a novel investigational Nanobody for the treatment of inflammation diseases; and hidradenitis suppurativa, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, and psoriasis. MoonLake Immunotherapeutics was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

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